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, G. S. NORRIS.

BOTTLE STOPPING DEVICE.

Patentd'f'eb. 12, 1884.

I nvanzb'rn- 56. mCl/bbmd/ 5- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE s. NORRIS, oE RAL'rIM'oRE, MARYLAND.

BOTTLE-STOPPING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 293,269, dated February 12,1884.

Application filed November 9, 1883.

R 1'0 all whom it mdy concern.-

' reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 isa perspective view of my iniprovement applied to the'neck' of a bottle the inner disk cut therefrom.

spective view showing a modification of the closed thereby. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, showing the mouth of the bottle open. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the sheet-metal capturned upside down to show Fig. 4: is apersheet-metal cap. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the rubber plug. Fig. 6 is a vertical section of the rubber plug constructed according to my invention and secured to a cast-metal cap. Figs. 7 and 8 are perspective views of the neck-band and a modification thereof.

I My invention relates to bottle-stopping de vices in which a rubber plug is compressed over and within the mouth of a bottleby means of a combined stopper cap and bail adapted to be connected at one end, by means of a link and a hinged lever, to a band secured to the neck of said bottle, and to the other end by means of a link pivoted to the coiled or looped portion of said band, andis an improvement upon the construction of the stopper, cap, and rubber plug shown in my Patent No. 27 2, 081, of 13th February, 1883; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide the stopperwith a cap that can be struck out of sheet metal, and have its rim rest uniformly upon the stopper-plug when locked thereon while the bottle is closed; and, second, to give such a form to the cavity within the plug as to cause it to expand laterallywithin the bottle-mouth when the bottom of said cavity is subjected to vertical pressure, and also cause the stopper to jump clear over and to one side of the bottle, and thereby release the stopper-plug of all compression and allow it to resume its primitive form while the bottle is .open. I attain these objects by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which i (No model.)

A represents the neck of the bottle, and B the rubber plug.

to rest upon the edge of the bottle-mouth,.and has a hole, I), in its top surface, eccentrically to the center thereof, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, and concentrically, as shownin Fig. 6, leading into a circular cavity in the center of the plug. To connect the plug with the stopperfastenings and furnish it with a support having some degree of elasticity to press against the floor of the center cavity, the cap D is used. This cap is stamped out of sheet metal, and is circular, with two lugs, d, projecting diametrically from the periphery thereof, and out of the center is cut a disk,-d, having an arm, (1*, that connects it permanently with the body of the cap. After the caps blank has been stamped or cut out of a flat sheet of metal, the arm (1 is bent downwardly at the point where it is united to the cap, and horizontally again at the point where it joins the disk (1, so that said disk will occupy a position parallel with the bottom surface of the cap, and about three sixteenths of an inch therefrom. The disk (1 and arm (1 are thus-in position, after having been inserted within the plug B, to press against the floor of the cavity 1), upon a central elevation, b, projecting from its interior surface, to partly distend it downwardly and laterally when forcing the plug within the bottle-mouth. \Vhile releasing the bottle of its fastening's this downward distention of the bottom of the rubber plug has, by its resilience, a tendency to throw the cap D upward, and the latter carries the plug in its flight clear off the bottle-mouth. Vith this obj ectin view the thickness of i the upper portion, b", of the plug covering its cavity is only about one eighth of an inch, and consequently less than the length of the arm (1 carrying the disk d of the cap-plate. The rectangular opening I) in the top of the plug is of such size as to easily receive the disk (1 of the cap. The disk or button of the cap-plate may be stamped out of said plate in two halves, each having a stem, as shown inFig. 4.. Thelugs d, projecting from the edge of the cap, are bent underto form eyes to receive the links f and f, that unite the cap to the neck-band E. The latter is made of a piece of wire bent first upon itself at e in the It is made with a collar, B,

and again bent inwardly to form a journal for middle of its length, and that part coiled to' form an eye or bearing, 0, of suitable length to receive and keep steady a portion of the link f, and each branch of the wire forming the neck-band is bent in a semicircle to fit the neck of a bottle, and furthermore bent outwardly to form a bearing for the link-f,

the locking-lever G. The construction and operation of this lever, having been fully described in my Patent No. 272,081, will not require now any further description.

The rubber plug B, having the central elevation, b projecting from thefloor of its cavity, can be used in connection with a cast-metal cap, D, having a central stem and button, d, and substantially the same results be obtained, as said button will press upon the elevation b of the rubber plug and diffuse or spread, it downwardly andlaterally against the interior of the neck of the bottle in the act of closing it.

Having now fully described my invention, I c1ain1- 1. A bottle-stopper cap consisting of asheetmetal plate having two peripheral'lugs, a disk, and anarm carrying said disk, stamped from said plate, substantially as and for the purpose'described. v

2. The combination of a bottle-stopper cap with a rubber plug having a central cavity, the floor of which cavity has a central projection resting against the end of the device forming a part of the stopper-cap, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination of a bottle-stopper cap with a rubber plug having a central cavity and an opening, (1, in' the top surface of said plug, leading into the side of said cavity, or eccentrically to said top, substantially as de scribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses;

GEORGE S. NORRIS.

\Vitnesses:

MURRAY HANSON, .Tos. M. \VINKLER. 

